311, Lot: 1095. Estimate $100. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TRADE TOKENS, Middlesex. Spence’s. CU Halfpenny Token (29mm, 10.29 g, 5h). Dated 1795. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION, man seated left in prison, gnawing on bone; 1795 in exergue / LET TYRANTS TREMBLE AT THE CROW OF LIBERTY, lion dismayed at a cock crowing; edge, PAYABLE IN LONDON and engrailed. D&H 852. EF, red-brown surfaces, lacquered.
From the James Fox Collection.